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Lenovo's New ThinkPad Has 2 LCD Screens, Weighs 11 Pounds

Posted by Soulskill on from the portables-with-a-nontrivial-schwarzschild-radius dept.

ericatcw writes "With many users now used to having multiple monitors at home or work, you had to figure someone would try to offer a 'desktop replacement' laptop that offered the same. Lenovo is the first. Its new W700ds laptop will offer a 10.6 inch LCD screen in addition to the 17-inch primary display. The W700ds also sports a quad-core Intel Core 2 CPU, up to almost 1 TB of storage, and an Nvidia Quadro mobile chip with up to 128 cores. A Lenovo exec called this souped-up version of the normally buttoned-down-for-business ThinkPads the 'nitro-burning drag racer of ThinkPads.' There is even a Wacom digitizer pad and pen for graphic artists, who are expected to be the target market, along with photographers and other creative types who are willing to trade shoulder-aching bulk (11 pounds) and price (minimum of $3,600) for productivity enhancements." At the other end of the laptop size spectrum, Dell recently announced plans to launch a rival to the MacBook Air. Called "Adamo," it is supposedly "thinner than the MacBook Air," though further details will have to wait for the Computer Electronics Show in early January.

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  1. The perfect laptop by CaptainPatent · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm a huge fan of dead laptop batteries, burning hot pants, and scoliosis.

    This has to be the perfect laptop for me!

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  2. A bit on the heavy side by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Lenovo's New ThinkPad Has 2 LCD Screens, Weighs 11 Pounds "

    Maybe a car battery wasn't the best choice?

  3. Re:Not worth it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    At least some of us know how to post while signed in

  4. Re:Not worth it... by iammani · · Score: 2, Funny

    May be the actual poster did /ducks

  5. Re:128 cores by Shadow+of+Eternity · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think we should make a system of rating computing power that's applicable to a CPU or GPU and is measured in Internet Penis Inches. Then you can settle graphics card debates by saying "This one is rated at 6.3Epeens and this one is 7.2Epeens" and be done with it.

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  6. Re:They would be lots better off by iocat · · Score: 2, Funny

    Have you ever tried to carry an extra monitor around with you? It's a massive pain the ass. Power supplies, stands... it adds up, quickly.

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  7. Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Where do you work?

  8. I have something very similar by svunt · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have a really sweet desktop machine with 2x24" monitors, and my desk has wheels, making it roughly as portable as an 11lb laptop.

    1. Re:I have something very similar by ChunderDownunder · · Score: 2, Funny

      Wheels? Awesome! Strap an outboard motor to the back of it and then it's even more portable. The other solution requires a car. :)